Tool-chest.



W.I H. GOLBY.

TOOL CHEST. APPLIOATION FILED I :(J. 2m,` 1909.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

W.y H. coLBY.

TooL 011m. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 29, 1909 V 97 8, 358, Patented Dec.'13, 1910.

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attomwga WILLIS I-I. COLBY, OF NEAR CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

TOOL-CHEST.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Application filed December 29, 1909. Serial No. 535,519.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VILLIS H. COLBY, a citizen of the United States,residing near Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the county of Walker and Stateof Georgia, have invented a new and useful Tool-Chest, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a tool chest of novel andimproved construction, adapted to be superposed upon a miter box, novelmeans being provided for assembling the tool chest with the miter box,and for preventing the tool chest from having a movement relative to themiter box.

The invention further includes the provision of a handle for the toolchest of novel and improved type, and the provision of novel means forassembling a plurality of tools with the miter box and with the toolchest, so that the said tools shall not merely be carried by the miterbox and the tool chest, but, as well, serve as elements whereby the toolchest and the miter box may be held together against movement in anydirect-ion.

With the above, and other objects in View, the invention consists in thenovel constructionl and arrangement of parts hereinafter described,illustrated in the accom anying drawings, and specifically claimed, 1tbeing understood, that, since the drawings show but one form only of theinvention, changes, properly falling within the scope of what isclaimed, may be made, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding'parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are elevations, showingopposite sides of the device; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section thereof,parts being shown in elevation; Fig. 4 is a top plan; and Fig. 5 is atransverse section, parts being shown in elevation.

The invention includes, as a primary element, a miter box, denotedgenerally by the numeral 1. This miter box 1 consists of the usualcomponent parts, the same being represented by the side Walls 2 and 3,and by the bottom 4, whereby the side walls 2 and 3 are united. Atoneend of the miter box, the bottom 4 thereof is extended beyond the side`Walls 2 and 8, as denoted by the numeral 5,

and this extended portion 5, is provided, in its upper face, with atransversely disposed opening 6, extending part way through the bottom4.

Adjacent one end of the box, the side wall 2 is provided in its upperedge, with an upstanding pin 7, a pocket 8 being mounted upon the outerface of the side wall 2, adjacent one end of the miter box. Located uponthe outer face of the side wall 2, intermediate its ends, is a level 9,pivotally secured, intermediate its ends, to the side wall 2 by means ofretaining element 10, the same preferably being a screw, adapted toengage the level 9, so that the level may be adjusted. This level 9 maybe disposed longitudinally of the miter box 1, or trans'- verselythereof, the level, in the latter instance, enabling the miter box to beused as a plumb, rectangularly disposed openings 41 being made in themember 2, the openings serving as a means for adjusting the level 9,either longitudinally of the miter box 1, or transversely thereof. Aneye 15, of any desired construction is inserted into the side wall 2 ofthe miter box, between the level 9 and the pocket 8.

The side wall 3 of the miter box 1 is provided, adjacent one end, withan outstanding bracket 11, and a keeper 12, in the present instance,shown in the form of an ordinary right angle hook which is inserted forrotation in the side wall 3 intermediate the ends of the said side wall.

A tool chest, denoted generally by the numeral 14, and of substantiallythe same width as the miter box 1, is adapted to be superposed thereon.This tool chest 14 comprises a box-like receptacle 16, the top of whichis closed by a hingedly mounted lid 17, one end of which extends beyondthe receptacle 16, as shown at 26, to overhang the extended portion ofthe bottoml 4 of the miter box 1, the portion 26 of the lid 17 beingprovided with a transversely disposed opening 27, extended part waythrough thc lid 17, and adapted to be brought into alinement with theopening 6 in the extended portion 5 of the bottom 4 of the miter box.The free edge of the lid 17 is provided with an eye 18 adapted to beengaged by twin hooks 19, carried by one of the side walls of thereceptacle 16.

The bottom 20 of the receptacle 16 is bottom 20 of the receptacle 15.

side walls 21 of the receptacle, so that, in the lbottom of thereceptacle, there isV aV recess extending from one end of the receptacleto the other. One of the side walls 2l of the receptacle 16 is providedwith an opening 22 adaptedto receive the pin 7 whichupstands from theside wall 2 of the miter box, and in the lower face of the bottom 20,and relatively near to one end thereof, there is an opening 23, thefunction of which will be describedhereinafter.

In order tosecure the receptacle 16 upon the miter box l, the former isprovided with twin hooks 24, adapted to engage the eye 15. Upon theopposite side of the receptacle 16 is mounted pivotally, a hasp 25,having an opening adapted to receive the keeper 12, when the latter isturned into an upright position.

The invention Vincludes a saw 28, provided with a longitudinallyextended opening 29. One end of this saw 28 is adapted to rest in thebracket 11, the opening 29 being engageable by the keeper 12, the hasp25 being arrangedto be folded downwardly, to engage the keeper 12,.thusserving, not only as a means for assembling the receptacle 16 with themiter box 1, but, as well, as a means for holding the saw 28 uponthekeeper 12. A hand ax 30 is adapted to be mounted in the pocket 8,*anda short plane 31 is adapted to be mounted in the opening 6 in the vbot--tom of the miter box, and in the opening 27 in the lid of the toolchest, to extend, ,in upright position, across the ends of the miter boxand of the tool chest.

A plane 32, provided with an upstanding handle 33, is adapted to bemounted in the miter box 1, to fill closely the space defined by thewalls 2 and 3 of the miter box and by the bottom 4 of the miter box andthe The plane 32 is provided with an upstanding pin 34 adapted toregister in the opening 23 in the bottom 20 of the receptacle.

The lid 17 is provided, adjacent one end, with a socket 35, and,adjacent the other end, with a pivotally mounted cli 36, adapted to beengaged by'a keeper 37. A bit stock 38 may be mounted in the clip 36 andin the socket 35, the head 39 of the bit stock depending below the edgeof the lid 17. The bit stock is provided with the usual chuck 40 andthis chuck is, as clearly shown in the drawings, adapted to engage thesocket 35 to draw the head 39 against the lid 17.

vThe pin 7 of the miter box 1, registering in the opening 22 in thereceptacle 16 serves as a .means for preventing the receptacle 16 frommoving longitudinally of the miter box 1. c The pin 34 of the plane 32,registering in the opening 23 of the receptacle `16, tends to preventthe plane 32 from having movement with respect to the receptacle, and inorder that the plane 32 may serve as a means for preventing thereceptacle from having movement. upon the miter box 1, the plane 31which is mounted in the openings 6 and 27, is adapted to receive, inabutment, one end of the plane 32. By this system of interlockingelements, it will be seen that the miter box 1, the receptacle 16, theplane 31 and the plane 32 will be held in fixed relation with respect toeach other,

the hooks 24 and the hasp 25 serving to prevent the receptacle 16 frombeing lifted from the miter box 1, the hasp 25 serving, moreover, ashereinbefore pointed out, as a means for retaining the saw 28 inposition. The saw and the hand ax are secured to the miter box 1, and,owing to the fact that they extend upwardly above the miter box, theyserve, in connection with other, hereinbefore described elements, toprevent the receptacle 16 from moving upon the miter box 1, transverselyof the same. It should also be noted that the plane 32 extends upwardly,in the recess formed in the receptacle 16, by the bottom 20 of thereceptacle and the side walls 21 thereof, the plane 32 thus serving as ameans for preventing the receptacle 16 from moving transversely of themiter box.

@wing to the fact that the receptacle 16 is made somewhat shorter thanthe miter box 1 upon which it is mounted, the handle 33 of the plane 32will clear the receptacle 16 when the latter is mounted upon the miterbox 1 and secured thereto.

The bit stock 38, throughthe instrumentality of the socket 35 and theclip 36, is adapted to serve as a pivotally mounted handle whereby theentire device may be transported, the chuck 40 being removed from thebit stock in order that the latter may be inserted into the socket 35,the opposite extremity of the bit stock then being engaged by the clip36. Although the bit stock may thus be pivotally mounted in the socket35 and in the clip 36, this pivotal mounting of the bit stock is notobligatory. Should it be desired to have the bit stock, when serving asa handle, upstand from the lid 17 in rigid relation thereto, the chuck40 may be rotated upon the bit stock 38, causing the chuck to be wedgedin the end of the socket 35, this engagement between the chuck and thesocket serving to draw the head 39 of the bit stock against the end ofthe lid 17, or against the end ofthe receptacle 16, the bit stock beingheld by the frictional engagement between the head 39 and receptacle 16,in a fixed position.

The ydevice is thus made to serve noty merely as aI receptacle forcontaining a plurality of tools, but as areceptacle in which Y thertoolsexercise novel functions as means,V

for carrying the device, and as means for maintaining the componentparts of the device in fixed relation with respect to each other.

Having thus described the invention, whatis claimed is 1. In a device ofthe class described, a receptacle provided With spaced elements toengage a bit stock, whereby the bit stock may be made to serve as apivota-lly mounted handle for the receptacle, one of said elements beingengageable by a portion of the bit stock to hold the bit stock againstpivotal movement.

2. In a device of the class described, a miter box; a tool chest; and amulti-part tool-holding device, the parts of which are pivotallyconnected respectively With the box and the chest, and manipulative toconnect the box and the chest, whereby the same may be simultaneouslylifted, the chest and the box having interlocking elements to positionthe parts of the tool-holding device for union with each other.

3. In a device of the class described, a miter box having its bottomterminally extended beyond its side Walls; a receptacle arranged to besuperposed upon the box; a lid hinged to the receptacle and arranged tooverhang the extended portion of the box; the overhanging portion oft-he lid and the extended portion of the box being provided With alinedopenings; and a tool arranged to be terminally inserted into theopenings.

4. In a device of the class described, a tool chest; a socket mountedupon the chest adjacent one end thereof; a pivoted clip mounted upon thechest adjacent the other end thereof; a bit stock arranged to be engagedby the clip and the socket; a head carried by the bit stock and arrangedto engage one end of the chest; and a chuck carried by the stock andarranged to engage the socket to draw the head against the chest. i

5. In a device of the class described, a miter box; a tool chestarranged to be superposed thereon; and a tool arranged to be mounted inthe box and provided with an upstanding handle, the box and the chestbeing provided with interlocking elements, and the tool and the chestbeing provided with interlocking elements; the chest being shorter thanthe box to clear the handle of the tool, and the box being extendedbeneath the handled end of the tool to protect the same.

6. In a device of the class described, a miter box; a tool chestarranged to be superposed thereon; a plane arranged to be mounted in themiter box; a tool arranged to be disposed longitudinally upon the endsof the box and the chest, the box and the` chest having elements toengage the ends of the tool, the tool constituting an abutment for theplane; the box and the chest being provided With interlocking elements,and the plane and the chest being provided with interlocking elements.

7. In a device of the class described, a miter box; a tool-chestarranged to be superposed thereon and having a longitudinally extendingrecess in its bottom; and a tool arranged to be mounted in the box andto engage the recess.

8. In a device of the class described, a miter box; a tool chestarranged to be superposed thereon and having a longitudinally extendingrecess in its bottom; a tool arranged to be mounted in the box and toengage the recess; the box and the chest being provided Withinterlocking elements, and the tool and the chest being provided withinterlocking elements.

9. In a device of the class described, a miter box; a tool chestarranged to be superposed upon the miter box; the miter box and the toolchest being provided with interlocking elements upon their abuttingedges arranged to prevent the tool-chest from sliding upon the miterbox; and means for securing the tool-chest to the miter box whereby themiter box and the tool chest may be simultaneously lifted.

10. In a device of the class described, a miter box; a receptaclearranged to be superposed upon the box; and a lid for the receptacle,the lid being terminally extended beyond the receptacle to overhang thebottom of the box, the bottom of the box and the extended portion of thelid being provided with tool-receiving elements, the receptacle and thebox being provided with interlocking members operative to aline thetoo1-receiving elements.

11. In a device of the class described, a miter box and a tool chestprovided with elements adapted to receive a tool; and a toolholdingdevice independent of said elements and comprising separable parts whichmay be united to connect the box and the chest, whereby the same may besimultaneously lifted, the tool-holding device constituting a means forpositioning the box and the chest to render the tool-receiving elementsthereof operative.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto a'Hixedmy signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

VILLIS H. COLBY.

Witnesses:

J. MILTON BnowNn, I-I. B. MosELnY.

